S.L. 445.7 ст. 2Interpretation. Cap. 445. Cap. 249. Cap. 251. Cap. 595.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means Cultural Heritage Act;

"Agency" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the Act;

"Arms" includes Badges and all heraldic devices;

"bodies corporate" includes constitutional bodies, institutions, public and parastatal bodies of Malta, including official agencies and Local Councils, other associations, companies, partnerships and associations registered or based in Malta and in foreign jurisdictions;

"Certificate of Registration" means the document issued in terms of regulation 14;

*See Legal Notice 10 of 2022. appointed in terms of regulation 3;

"Gazette" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article

3 of the Interpretation Act;

"Genealogical Registrar" means the Genealogical Registrar as appointed in terms of regulation 16;

"guidelines" and "forms" mean the guidelines and forms published by the Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta in terms of Regulation 13;

"grantee" shall mean a person to whom a grant is made;

"Honour" includes:

(a) all honours and decorations granted or recognized from time to time under the Ġieh ir-Repubblika Act including the relative insignia;

(b) all honours, hereditary or otherwise, created, granted or recognized during the government of the Malta by the Grand Masters of the Order of Saint John between the years 1530 and 1798 as resultant from the Record;

(c) other honours, of local or foreign origin, hereditary or otherwise deemed to be of cultural or historical value by the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta;

"individuals" includes individuals holding constitutional offices, Maltese nationals and foreign nationals;

"Letters Patent" includes Certificate of Grant;

"Malta" means the Island of Malta, the Island of Gozo and the other islands of the Maltese Archipelago, including the territorial waters thereof;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the national heritage;

"Office" means the Office of the Chief Herald of Arms of Malta as described in regulation 3;

"public employee" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2(1) of the Public Administration Act;

"record" means the acts relative to honours as preserved at the National Library of Malta;

"Register of Arms" means a national register as described in regulation 8 where all arms granted or registered by the Chief Herald of Arms are recorded; Register of Arms under the supervision of the Chief Herald.